Website of the organizer - www.sympomed.pl

Place:
Kraków
Date:
25-26 September 2026 09:00

Cracow CTO&CHIP Course

Course Directors:

prof. Kambis Mashayekhi, MD President of EuroCTO Club
prof. Stanisław Bartuś MD, PhD
prof. Leszek Bryniarski MD, PhD, FESC
prof. Jacek Legutko MD, PhD, FESC

Course co-Directors:

assoc. prof. Krzysztof Bryniarski MD, PhD, FESC
prof. Paweł Gąsior MD, PhD, FESC
prof. Krzysztof Reczuch MD, PhD
prof. Łukasz Rzeszutko MD, PhD

COURSE DIRECTORS

COURSE DIRECTORS

Kambis Mashayekhi
Kambis Mashayekhi
Leszek Bryniarski
Leszek Bryniarski
Stanisław Bartuś
Stanisław Bartuś
Jacek Legutko
Jacek Legutko

COURSE CO-DIRECTORS

Krzysztof Bryniarski
Krzysztof Bryniarski
Paweł Gąsior
Paweł Gąsior
Krzysztof Reczuch
Krzysztof Reczuch
Łukasz Rzeszutko
Łukasz Rzeszutko

Faculty

Information

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

We invite you to familiarize yourself with the details of the program.

08:30 - 08:45

Opening

08:45 - 11:30

Session 1

Chair:  S. Bartuś, L. Bryniarski, O. Goktekin, Z. Huczek, M. Tajstra, W. Wojakowski, W. Zimoch
Discussants: D. Beshley, A. Dębski, A. Dziewierz, M. Kałużna–Oleksy, Ł. Rzeszutko, J. Wójcik

Live case 1 (CTO case)
Operators: K. Mashayekhi - transmission from Herzzentrum Lahr, Germany

Live case 2 (Protected complex PCI)
Operators: M. Ferenc, F. Rahimi - transmission from University Heart Center Freiburg - Bad Krozingen, Germany

Lectures – Keynote lectures

  • History of OCT (the most beautiful story in cardiology)
    I. K. Jang
  • Inflammation, plaque biology and the hidden risk profile of the CHIP patient
    T. Guzik
  • From LAST to Mini STAR
    A.R. Galassi
11:30 - 12:00

Coffee Break

12:00 - 14:00

Session 2

Chair: J. Drozd, J. Kochman, M. Lesiak, M. Tajstra, A. Witkowski, W. Wojakowski
Discussants: M. Hawranek, P. Kwiatkowski, M. Radomski, T. Rakowski, R. Wojdyła, R. Wolny, 

Live (live in the box) case 3 (High Risk PCI)
Operators: S. Bartuś, Ł. Rzeszutko, A. Pawlik, K. Bryniarski (imaging)
(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)
Live in the box case 4 (High Risk PCI) The Saint John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Poland
Operators: J. Legutko, P. Kleczyński, Ł. Niewiara

Lectures – To protect or not to protect ? Mechanical circulatory support for CHIP procedures

  • Current indications for mechanical circulatory support in shock and in elective PCI
    J. Kochman
  • State of the art for large bore access – from simple to complex
    J. Sacha
  • Do we properly use hemodynamic parameters during protected PCI? 
    A. Pawlik
  • Expanding the role of DCB in complex PCI
    A. Jurado Román
14:00 - 14:50

Lunch

14:50 - 17:30

Session 3

Chair: K. Bryniarski, M. Dąbrowski, P. Gąsior, I.K. Jang, J. Legutko, G. Sobieszek, W. Wojakowski 
Discussants: G. Mężyński, A. Ochała, R. Targoński, W. Zajdel, M. Tajstra, W. Zajdel

Live case 5 (CTO PCI)
Operators:
O. Goktekin, W. Zasada
IVUS: L. Bryniarski, K. Pujdak


Live in the box case 6 (PCI of calcified lesion)
Operators: (The Saint John Paul II Hospital in Cracow, Poland)
Oerators: P. Kleczyński, D. Rzeźnik

Lectures – Ischemia testing and intravascular imaging in CTO&CHIP – a toll or toy?

  • Plaque erosion: pathogenesis, AI-assisted diagnosis, and the future management concept
    I.K. Jang
  • Viability and ischemia testing prior to CHIP - what do we know
    J. Rajewska-Tabor
  • MSCT in CTO & CHIP procedures
    M. Opolski
  • Improving outcomes with imaging
    K. Bryniarski
  • OCT vs IVUS in CHIP procedures
    P. Gąsior

 

15:00 - 16:00

ABBOTT / OCT

  • Optical Coherence Tomography Workshop (OCT)
09:00 - 11:15

Session 1
CTO & CHIP – what’s new in 2026

Chair: A. R. Galassi, O. Goktekin, I.K. Jang, F. Cuculi, P. Gąsior, M. Opolski, Z. Ruzsa
Discussants: M. Chyrchel, P.Maciejewski, V. Novotny, A. Pietrasik, D. Rzeźnik, L. Sorokhtey, A. Zeliaś

Live case 1 (CTO PCI)
Operators: P. Agostoni, Ł. Rzeszutko

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)


Live case 2 (PCI of CTO calcified lesion)
Operators: S. Bartuś, L. Bryniarski, T. Pawłowski

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)

Live case 3 (CTO case): (transmission from Humanitas Research Hospital, Milano, Italy)
Operators: G. Gasparini, D. Regazzoli


Lectures:

  • CTO PCI – retrograde approach - the current state of the art
    C. Di Mario
  • Left Main and bifurcation PCI – the current state of the art
    J. Legutko
  • Calcified lesions – the current state of the art
    F. Cuculi
  • How to build up CTO and CHIP
    A.R. Galassi
11:15 - 11:45

Coffee Break

11:45 - 13:45

Session 2

Chair: P. Agostoni, S. Bartuś, C. Di Mario, J. Legutko, K. Milewski, T. Pawłowski, J. Wójcik
Discussants: M. Cugowska, Ł. Klima, W. Skorupski, P. Wilkołek, W. Zimoch

Live case 4 (CTO PCI)
Operators: M. Carlino, M. Opolski, A. Dziewierz

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)


Live case 5 (CTO PCI)
Operators:
Z. Ruzsa, P. Gąsior, G. Heba

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)

  • Nightmares and spectacular successes – presentation of selected cases (winner – PCR fee)
    • DCBs in CTO: when less is more
      M. Kryjak
    • CTO PCI after OHCA: When recanalization is only part of the success
      A. Gąsecka-van der Pol
    • One balloon dilatation too far? PCI of LAD gone sideways
      K. Bryniarski
    • Fractured and embolized guide extension catheter tip during complex PCI of a calcified Left Main/LAD bifurcation: percutaneous trans-septal retrieval
      J. Jasiński
    • Double CTO treated with rotational atherectomy and drug-coated balloons
      J. Roczniak
    • Expect the unexpected - Complex multivessel PCI case presentation
      Ł. Furtan
13:45 - 14:45

Lunch

14:45 - 16:45

Session 3
Calcified and complex lesions

Chair: S. Bartuś, L. Bryniarski, M. Carlino, W. Zimoch
Discussants: G. Heba, M. Kałużna-Oleksy, G. Mężyński, M. Tajstra, W. Zasada, A. Żurakowski 

Live case 6 (CTO PCI)
Operators:
A. R. Galassi, Z. Ruzsa, T. Rakowski

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)


Live case 7 (PCI of calicified lesion)
Operators:
P. Agostoni, M. Wojdyła

(MSCT and MRI – B. Chyrchel, W. Wojciechowska)

Lectures

    • Choosing the first strategy
      L. Bryniarski
    • DCB in complex disease: when is enough?
      W. Wańha
    • Use of dissection techniques in complex CTO anatomies
      M. Opolski
    • What to treat in CTO of post CABG patients - the graft or native artery?
      O. Goktekin
    • KRAKPELLA registry results
      Ł. Rzeszutko
16:45

Closing remarks

S. Bartuś, L. Bryniarski, J. Legutko

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